Role of Th1 and Th2 cytokines in immune response to uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria

Clinical and Diagnostic Laboratory Immunology

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 348-351

  Torre, Donato ^a   Speranza, Filippo ^a   Giola, Massimo ^a   Matteelli, Alberto ^a   Tambini, Roberto ^a   Biondi, Gilberto ^a  

^a OSPEDALE DI CIRCOLO   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOKINE; GAMMA INTERFERON; INTERLEUKIN 10; INTERLEUKIN 12; INTERLEUKIN 4;

ADULT; ANTIINFLAMMATORY ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MALARIA; MALE; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TH1 CELL; TH2 CELL;

ADULT; CYTOKINES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERFERON TYPE II; INTERLEUKIN-10; INTERLEUKIN-12; INTERLEUKIN-4; MALARIA, FALCIPARUM; MALE; TH1 CELLS; TH2 CELLS;

EID: 0036126114     PISSN: 1071412X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/CDLI.9.2.348-351.2002     Document Type: Article

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